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Locals stand on the bank of the Doce River in Bento Rodrigues a village almost totally destroyed when the Fundão tailings dam collapsed in Brazil. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DAMS

3 Nov 2023 5 minute read

History on repeat: Aberfan and Mariana

Rebecca Jarman and Diana Salazar report on the stark similarities between two mining-...

Latin American landscape. Efforts to halt climate catastrophe will fail if drugs aren’t on the agenda, a new reform campaign is warning. Image by CIFOR via Flickr.

10 Oct 2023 2 minute read

Latin America: Prohibition or climate?

To address climate change, Clemmie James argues that we must reckon with the environmental impact of the...

Mahammoud Traore, 75, supports a family of 21 people through farming in Dougouninkoro, Mali, but new weather patterns mean they can no longer harvest enough for their food stores to last the whole year. JAKE LYELL/ALAMY

6 Nov 2023 4 minute read

Africa’s military coups are climate coups

Abdoulie Ceesay argues that if the West wants to address the wave of coups in Africa, it must take real...

‘Chris Packham: Is it Time to Break the Law?’ is available to watch and stream on Channel 4 at 9.00pm BST on Wednesday 20 September. ROB PARFITT

20 Sep 2023 6 minute read

Is it time more activists broke the law?

As he releases the documentary ‘Is It Time To Break The Law?’, activist and presenter Chris Packham talks to Graeme...

During a protest in Washington DC a man stands holding a megaphone, wearing a red coat and a yellow placard that reads: 'Debt is a tool of colonialism'. Behind him other protesters how a large banner. The word 'Event' has been added to the top left of the photo.

30 Aug 2023 1 minute read

Event: Time to pay up (Online)

Join us on Monday 25 September to discuss the growing demands for debt cancellation, and climate reparations alongside...

Women, walking with what possesions they can carry, arrive in a steady trickle at an IDP camp erected next to an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, Somalia, on November 12. Heavy rains in Somalia, coupled with recent disputes between clans, has resulted in over four thousand IDPs seeking shelter at an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, with more arriving daily. AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones

24 Aug 2023 1 minute read

Taxcast: Who owns the climate crisis?

Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network investigates how wealthy elites and transnational companies benefit...

Panoramic photograph of smokes billowing from New York City buildings. MATTEO CATANESE/UNSPLASH

21 Aug 2023 3 minute read

Study: Big Oil shareholders’ profits soar as world melts

A new report shows the dramatic rise in cash earnings of shareholders in Britain’s big oil since the Paris Agreement.

Wood logs are seen in a deforested area close to Porto Velho, in the northwestern Brazilian state of Rondônia, on 7 August 2020. Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real via Wikimedia Commons

3 Sep 2023 3 minute read

View from Brazil: Agribusiness lobby scuppers climate gains

Brazil wants to be a beacon in the fight against global warming, Leonardo Sakamoto writes. Its powerful...

A vehicle recharging point at a motorway service station in Derbyshire, England. TRANSPORTIMAGE PICTURE LIBRARY/ALAMY

13 Jul 2023 4 minute read

Electric cars – climate saviours or eco-villains?

Should we believe the hype about electric cars? Danny Chivers assesses the state of play.

Red handed: A truck loaded with coal is spotted inside the Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine in South Wales on May 24, months after it was ordered to stop operating Credit: UVAG/Coal Action Network

1 Jun 2023 5 minute read

Britain’s great coal scandal

The UK’s largest opencast coal mine has ‘illegally’ extracted 300,000 tonnes of coal after being ordered to close. ...

Vandana Shiva

29 May 2023 4 minute read

The interview: Vandana Shiva

The Indian physicist and veteran food sovereignty activist speaks to Amy Hall about a...

A Greenpeace activist holds a sign as he confronts the deep sea mining vessel Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, as it returned to port from eight weeks of test mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii, off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

23 May 2023 6 minute read

The race is on to stop deep-sea mining

Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of...

Large placard with '15 months in prision for a peaceful protest? "Seriously Australia?" #FreeVioletCoco ' written on it and a photo of Deanna Maree “Violet” Coco. Two people are in the background but you can only see the lower parts of their bodies.

7 Mar 2023 3 minute read

How to fight the clampdown on climate activism

Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist...

A study of 10,000 young people across 10 countries found 45 per cent said climate change ‘negatively affected their daily life and functioning’. The impact was significantly higher in the four Global South countries surveyed: Brazil, Nigeria, the Philippines and India. MEDIA LENS KING/SHUTTERSTOCK

20 Feb 2023 5 minute read

Futures: A world to win

We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case...

A large lighbulb floats above the planet earth - illustration

1 Feb 2023 3 minute read

What if… electricity were a right not a commodity?

Universal, free access to electricity could be better for people and the planet. Nick Dowson explores how it...

24 Jan 2023 8 minute read

Heat the rich: British Gas/Centrica

As part of its investigation into firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch turns a critical...

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